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A U.S. senator is pushing for the transfer of fighter aircraft to Ukraine from Poland and other NATO and Eastern European countries.

Uzbek security services pressure journalists in an effort to prevent them from criticizing Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The city council of Ukraine's Mariupol says an evacuation of some of the 400,000 residents trapped by encircling Russian forces is taking place on March 6 under a temporary cease-fire that will last till 9 p.m. local time. 

More than 1,000 people have been detained at protests across Russia against President Vladimir Putin's unprovoked war in Ukraine, an independent protest monitor said on March 6. 

The number of refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine was expected to reach 1.5 million on March 6, as the Russian invasion entered its 11th day with “fierce” fighting taking place in many parts of the country. 

Memorial International Director Aleksandr Cherkasov warns that, with Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine facing difficulties, Russian President Vladimir Putin is turning to the indiscriminate tactics of the Chechen wars.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has suspended its operations in Russia after local tax authorities initiated bankruptcy proceedings against RFE/RL’s Russian entity on March 4 and police intensified pressure on its journalists. 

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pledged Washington's support to Moldova, a small, Western-leaning former Soviet republic that is contending with an influx of refugees from neighboring Ukraine.

Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev recently added four low-rated Russian universities to the renowned state-funded scholarship program Bolashaq in a decision that is being criticized as politically motivated.

Ukraine has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that management at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant is under orders from the commander of Russian forces controlling the site.